REDACTED IN ARGENTINARETITLED AS "SAMARRA"Brian De Palma's Redacted was released today in Argentina under the title Samarra. One particularly insightful review of the film was posted by Martin Stefanelli at ¡Esto es un bingo!. Stefanelli, who states that Redacted is the best movie on the invasion of Iraq, also states that the film hasn't even the slightest intention of telling the truth, suggesting instead that through its "classic" De Palmian gestures, the film constructs a narrative that is no truer than any news coverage. The narrative De Palma constructs, however, reunites images from scattered screens "with the intention of holding its own account of the war," according to Stefanelli. Above all, Stefanelli concludes, the film displays an enormous will to let roar an otherwise unheard voice.

The more I hear about how enthusiastically Redacted is received in each country, the more I get the impression that the film is far more appreciated in the rest of the world than it is in the United States. But I hope De Palma is correct when he says that the film will eventually find an audience in America; it really is that marvelous of a film.

The most blatant, crass, OFFENSIVE example of anti-war propaganda I have ever seen! The way the American soldiers are portrayed as drunken, oafish, lazy, inept, misogynistic, rapists is a slap in the face to ANY soldier, myself included. De Palma does a great dishonor and disservice to the uniform. The actors should be ashamed of themselves to have ever played a role in this trash.